Alternate Title
The Camp of Mercy: An Historical and Biographical Record of the Warangesda Aboriginal Mission/Station, Darlington Point, New South Wales
E-Books
Author/Creator
Beverley Gulumbali Elphick
Don Elphick
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
Campaign Honours Missing Native Women
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy Devine
Anglican Journal, vol. 130, no. 1, January 2004, p. 2
Description
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC), the Anglican Church and the United Church of Canada form coalition to raise awareness of the disappearance of 500 aboriginal women in the last 20 years through the Sisters in Spirit promotion.
Can a Myth Be Astronomically Dated?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Henige
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 127-157
Description
Barbara A. Mann and Jerry L. Fields argue that a solar eclipse occurred when the Haudenosaunee Iroquois League was founded. Mann and Fields date this occurrence to August 31, 1142.
Can We Compare Violence Data Across Countries?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanita Sundaram
Tine Curtis
Karin Helweg-Larsen
Peter Bjerregaard
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 389-396
Description
Conclusions of study enable policy makers to prescribe solutions to develop and implement preventative strategies.
Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable: Métis National Council Economic Opportunities Policy Paper
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Métis National Council
Description
Discussion talks called for strategic investments to advance education levels and improve socio-economic conditions, which will then create greater tax revenues and recover initial implementation costs.
Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable: Métis National Council Life Long Learning Policy Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Métis National Council
Description
Paper examines the stages of the Life Long Learning continuum from a Métis perspective. The roundtable on this topic was held November 13th and 14th, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba and November 18th and 19th, 2004, Ottawa, Ontario.
[Canada and the Idea of North]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Kulchyski
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, Art et représentation / Art and Representation, 2004, pp. 197-201
Description
Book review of: Canada and the Idea of the North by Sherrill E. Grace.
Canada's Atlantic Indigenous Fishing Decision
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Indigenous Law Bulletin, no. 82, 1999
Description
Looks at the Supreme Court of Canada's decision that fishing rights of Aboriginals guaranteed in a 1760 British Treaty of Peace and Friendship must be honoured.
Canada's Dark Secret
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bud Whiteye
Roberta Hill
Ron Shortt
Rania El Rafei
Description
Primary focus is the personal narratives of two survivors of the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School, with some general information of the school system and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Duration: 47:30.
Canada’s Empty Promise : A Critical Examination of Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy in Relation to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Carly Anne Sikina
Description
European Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA)--University of Ljubljana, 2020.
Canada's Northern Communication Policies: The Role of Aboriginal Organizations
Alternate Title
Shifting Terrain: Nonprofit Policy Advocacy in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rob McMahon
Heather E. Hudson
Lyle Fabian
Description
Looks at how Indigenous-led initiatives have dealt with the lack of private sector investment in provision of information and communication technologies in the region due to its sparse population and remote locations.
Chapter from Shifting Terrain: Nonprofit Policy Advocacy in Canada edited by Nick J. Muléandd Gloria C. DeSantis.
Canada's Northern Food Subsidy Nutrition North Canada: A Comprehensive Program Evaluation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tracey Galloway
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1279451
Description
Studies the retail subsidy program to evaluate success of goal to provide access to nutritious food for northern people.
Canada's Other Red Scare: Indigenous Protests and Colonial Encounters during the Global Sixties
Alternate Title
Rethinking Canada in the World ; 6
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Rutherford
Canada's Tibet: The Killing of the Innu
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Colin Samson
James Wilson
Jonathan Mazower
Description
Survival International report criticizing governments' treatment of the Aboriginal group from Labrador and Quebec.
Canada: Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
Alternate Title
Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Discusses issues involved with violence against Aboriginal women, presents nine case studies of murdered and missing women and makes recommendations for policies to ensure the safety these women.
Canada: Stolen Sisters: Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada: A Summary of Amnesty International's Concerns
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Highlights cases of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls over the last three decades. Discusses why this group is at risk and makes recommendations to address the problem.
Canada Taken To Task at UN on Human Rights: Women, Aboriginals, Refugees Report on Covenant
Articles » General
Herizons, vol. 12, no. 4, Winter, 1999, pp. 7-[?]
Description
Reports on a UN committee's criticism of the Government of Canada for deferring responsibility for living conditions to the provinces and how this has contributed to poverty.
Canada: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Alternate Title
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ; 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International Canada
Assembly of First Nations
Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador
British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) … [et al.]
Description
Joint statement submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017.
Canada Y1K: The First Millennium
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert McGhee
The Beaver, vol. 79, no. 6, December/January 1999/2000, pp. 9-[?]
Description
Describes the way of life in northern North America in the year 1000.
Canadian Aboriginal Adaptations of Shakespeare
Alternate Title
Spotlight: Canadian Aboriginal Adaptations of Shakespeare
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Daniel Fischlin
Canadian Adaptations of Shakespeare Project
Description
Highlights Aboriginal plays, playrights and theatre companies; includes interviews with authors Yvette Nolan and Daniel David Moses.
Canadian Aboriginal Women and Their 'Criminality': The Cycle of Violence in the Context of Difference
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret A. Jackson
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, vol. 32, no. 2, August 1, 1999, pp. 197-208
Description
Argues cycle of violence and criminality has emerged from the colonial legacy of assimilationist policies and offers strategies for breaking the cycle.
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA, 1999) Toolkit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations
Description
Explains the Act, topics it covers, prevention of pollution, waste control, enforcement, and how it applies to First Nations.
Canadian Fiction for Adolescents from 1970-1990: The Rise of the Aboriginal Voice and the Decolonization of the Curriculum of Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Beverley Winny
Description
Canadian Heritage and Development Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1999.
The Canadian Health Care System: An Analytical Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eike-Henner W. Kluge
Health Care Analysis, vol. 7, no. 4, December 1999, pp. 377-391
Description
Examines the issues related to delivering socialized health care in Canada.
Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Douglas Belshaw
Description
Most relevant material found in: Chapter 2: Indigenous Canada before Contact; Chapter 5: Indigenous Canada in the Era of Contact; Chapter 8: Rupert’s Land and the Northern Plains, 1690–1870.
2nd edition.
Canadian Indigenous Books for Schools: Selected and Evaluated by Teacher-Librarians: 2017-2018
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia
Description
Annotated list organized into elementary, secondary, and cross-grades, then alphabetically by title. Subject and curriculum areas included.
Canadian Indigenous Place Name Legislation and Policies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Laidlaw
Description
Discusses entities currently responsible for official place names and their processes, and some of the practicalities which need to be addressed when reverting to the Indigenous names.
Canadian Indigenous Writers Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[NWT Literacy Council]
Description
Material divided into seven categories: graphic novel, nonfiction, novel, play, poetry, short stories, and stories. Each entry contains summary, information about the author and list of titles also written by them.
Canadian Native Adolescent Solvent Abuse and Attachment Theory
Theses
Author/Creator
Wayne A. Hammond
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 1999.
The Canadian Reconciliation Landscape: Current Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples and Non-Indigenous Canadians
Alternate Title
[National Narrative on Reconciliation Report]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Reconciliation Canada
Description
National online survey was conducted in September, 2016 and had a sample of 521 Indigenous and 1,529 non-Indigenous respondents.
Results for individual provinces and regions can be found here.
Canadian University Acknowledgement of Indigenous Lands, Treaties, and Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rima Wilkes
Aaron Duong
Linc Kesler
Howard Ramos
Canadian Review of Sociology, vol. 54, no. 1, February 2017, pp. 89-120
Description
Describes the content and practice of acknowledgement and looks at the five general types across Canada.
Cancer in Greenlandic Inuit 1973-1997
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeppe Friborg
Anders Koch
Jan Wohlfarht
Hans-Henrik Storm
Mads Melbye
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 195-198
Description
Investigates links between increased cancer rates and changes in living conditions.
Cancer Incidence and Mortality among the Métis Population of Alberta, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Diana C. Sanchez-Ramirez
Amy Colquhoun
Sara Hassen Parker
Jason Randall
Lawrence W. Svenson
Don Voaklander
Description
Study period was 2007-2012. Standardized cancer incidence and mortality rates were estimated by Métis status, top four cancer sites, and all cancers combined.
Cancer Mortality in Yukon 1999-2013: Elevated Mortality Rates and a Unique Cancer Profile
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Simkin
Ryan Wood
Catherine Elliot
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, pp. 1-9
Description
Compares provincial and national averages of cancer death rates in the Yukon.
Cancer Risk Factors and Screening in First Nations in Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maegan V. Mazereeuw
Alexander Yurkiewich
Sehar Jamal
Caroline Cawley
Carmen R. Jones ... [et al.]
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, vol. 37, no. 6, June 2017, pp. 186-193
Description
Shows an increased risk for cancer and other chronic diseases for First Nations people living on reserve compared to non-Aboriginal populations.
CANDO [Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers] Statement on the Economic Development Recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples [RCAP]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Newhouse
Corinne Mount Pleasant-Jetté
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 130-135
Description
Looks at RCAP's recommendations as they relate to developing economic capacity in Aboriginal communities.
CanMEDS–Family Medicine: Indigenous Health Supplement 2020
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Health Committee
College of Family Physicians of Canada
Description
Includes definitions, descriptions, and key and enabling competencies for each of seven roles: expert, communicator, collaborator, leader, health advocate, scholar and professional.
Supplement to CanMEDS-FM 2017 competency framework.
Canonizing Craig Womack: Finding Native Literature's Place in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Henry
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1/2, Winter/Spring, 2004, pp. 30-51
Description
As Oklahoma Creek-Cherokee author Craig S. Womack states "there is a Native perspective" and searching for it is a meaningful exercise.
The Canton Asylum for Insane Indians
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle C. Saxman
Cultural Resources Management, vol. 22, no. 9, 1999, pp. 40-2
Description
A brief history of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians in Canton, South Dakota.
The Canton Asylum: Indians, Psychiatrists, and Government Policy, 1899-1934
Theses
Author/Creator
Todd E. Leahy
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oklahoma State University, 2004.
Cape Croker - An Evolutionary Historical Tour
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Sean Geddes
Shawn Tobin
Curtis Jones
David Johnson
Description
Brief overview of history of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation located on Bruce Peninsula in Ontario. Website includes timeline, map, and historic photos with accompanying text.
Capping the Inuktitut Formal Education System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Zebedee Nungak
Inuktitut, no. 94, 2004, pp. 14-[?]
Description
Reviews the legacy of formal education on two generations of Inuit youth.
Captive Minds: New Worlds and Old Metaphors
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Castor
Nordlit, no. 5, 1999, pp. 229-242
Description
Explores contexts and subtexts of the debate about American national identity.
“Captive Woman?”: The Rewriting of Pocahontas
in Three Contemporary Native American Novels
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sandra Barringer
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 11 , no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1999, pp. [42]-63
Description
Discusses the literary treatment of Pocahontas in: The Death of Jim Loney and The Powwow Highway.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Captivity and Conversion: William Apess, Mary Jemison, and Narratives of Racial Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hilary E. Wyss
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3/4, June 1, 1999, pp. 63-82
Description
Examines authenticity in Native American representation in terms of two narratives that challenge the popular concept of "Indian": A Son of the Forest by William Apess and A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison.
The Captors' Narrative: Catholic Women and Their Puritan Men on the Early American Frontier
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emerson W. Baker
Journal of American History, vol. 91, no. 1, June 2004, p. 215
Description
Book review of: The Captors' Narrative by William Henry Foster.
Capturing Culturally Safe Nursing Care
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrienne Lewis
Description
Nursing and Health Informatics Thesis (MSN)--University of Victoria, 2017.
Capturing Value From Science: Exploring the Interface Between Science and Indigenous Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mason Durie
Description
Paper from 5th APEC Research and Development Leaders Forum.
Looks at integration of two separate views of science, western scientific criteria and the tenets of Indigenous knowledge.
[Capturing Women: The Manipulation of Cultural Imagery in Canada's Prairie West]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dorinda M. Stahl
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal Women and Decolonization, 1999, pp. 143-154
Description
Book review of: Capturing Women by Sarah Carter.